Lettering-guide stencil



March 2 1926.

E. C. WOOD LETTERING GUIDE STENCIL Filed August 30. 192

Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

NITED ,STSATESPPATENT' OFFICE.

, EDWIN C. WOOD, OI BOISE, IDAHO, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-FOURTH '10W'IIZJ'aIlIAIllE V i LENTINE REGAN, OF BOISE, IDAHO.

LETTERING-GUIDE STENCIL.

Application filed August 30, .1922. Serial No. 585,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN O. Woon, a

citizen of the I United States, residing in Boise, in the county of Adaand State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLettering-Guide Stencils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stencils, or similar devices for facilitatingthe making of letters or other characters on drawings or the like bymeans of pens, pencils or the like, though it is noted that theinvention is not limited to letters, or the use of pens or pencils, noreven in some respects to stencils.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind whichmay be used with a pen without danger of blotting the ink.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a device of this kind inwhich the correct positioning of the stencil for making complementaryparts of characters is done automatically.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind inwhich the automatic shifting of the stencil may be adjusted fordifferent distances.

Other objects of the invention are to improve generally the simplicityand efliciency of such devices and to provide a device of this kindwhich is durable, economical to manufacture and operate and which willnot get out of order.

The inventive features for theaecomplishment of these and other objectsare embodied in an improved stencil device whlch, briefly stated,comprises a strip having a straight edge and an intra-marginallyrecessed lower face provided with cuts or openings furnishing guidingedges some for complete characters and others for complementary parts ofcomplete characters; and a limiting opening for receiving a limitingpiece for limiting the movement of the strip for successivelypositioning complementary parts for making a complete character.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds;and whileherein details of the invention are described, the invention isnot limited to these, since many and various changes may be made withoutdeparting from the scope of-the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, shpwing Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively planand end elevation of the stencil;

Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively diagrammatic plans of the limitingopening showing different positions 'and styles of limiting pieces; and

Figs. 5 to 8 are respectively diagrammatic plans showing letters andsteps in the process of making them.

My improved stencil is made of a strip of transparent'celluloid 10having upper and lower straight parallel edges 11 and 12 and intramarginal inset faces forming thick marginal portions 14 (Fig. 2) andathin intra-marginal panel portion 15 held spaced from a sheet 0 paperor other support on which said marginal portions 14 rest, when the stripis lying fiat in use, to prevent blotting by the ink of a suitablelettering pen such for instance as that shown in m pending application,Serial No. 585,262, filed Aug. 30, 1922, for lettering pen.

Said panel portion 15 is provided with holes of various shapes hereinshown as designed for drawing capital letters, though the invention isnot so limited, and herein designated by the letter or letters whichthey are designed to make. These cuts or openings furnish guiding edgesfor guidin a lettering pen, some for making com ete letters 17 as shownin Figs. 5, 6 and 8. ome of the cuts, for instance, A, a and PR prt(Fig. 7 are associated. in complementary pairs for respectively makingcomplementary parts 18 and 19 (Fig. 7) of complete letters, in thisinstance, the letters A and R.

Thus in making the letter A the stencil is positioned with the opening awhere the A is to be drawn, and the legs of the A are drawn whileguiding the pen against the inclined edges of the opening a. Then thestencil is shifted-rightward, and the crossbar of the A drawn by guidingthe pen against the lower edge of the out A, thus completing the A.

Other letters for instance Y require the strip to be shifted a slightlyless distance than for making the A, and means are provided for limitingendwise movement of the strip these two different distances forpositioning the strip for guiding the pen for making said, complementaryparts in proper 21 or 21' by an amount equal to the amount relation toeach .other for making a complete letter. Said means comprises asubstantially inverted T-shaped opening in said panel adapted toreceivethe flat knurled end of a round spacing block '21 (Fig. 3) or squarespacing block 21' (Fig. 4). 'llhe opening 20 provides spaced parallelvertical side edges 23, 24, 25 and 26. Said edges 23, 24 at the upperpart being spaced apart a distance exceeding thediameter of said spacingblock of movement of the strip necessary for positioning the successivecomplemeaitary parts of the openings for delineating M, N, W' and Y, theedges 25. 26 at the -loi ver part being spaced apart a distanceexceeding the diameter of said spacing block by an amount equal to theamount of movement of the strip necessary for positioning thecomplementary parts of the openings for delineating the remainder of theletters formed of successive complementary parts.

Some of the cuts, for instancethe cuts cg, EF and ef are used for makingmore than one letter, the cut 09 being used for making C as indicated inFig. 5 and also for making G by guiding the pen along the guide edges 27and 28 Fig. 5). In all cases where the cuts are designated by more thanone letter, that cut is used for the construction of the whole or partsof more than one letter. Thus the cut rilnnay be used for constructing Las in Fig. 8, or I, or for both uprights of H. In the latter case the His completed by ruling in the cross bar of the H by guiding the penagainst the lower edge of the cut H.

flf the aiser desires to use the limiting means 20 and thus make theshift mechanicallv he places the spacing piece 21 or 21' on the end ofthe handle of the pen in the position of the middle Fig. 3 or 4 (exceptfor M, N, W and Y), and pressing it firmly against the writing surfaceshifts the strip until the opening occupies the position relative to thelimiting piece shown at the right of Fig. 3 or 4;.

If the shift be made for M, N \V and Y, the spacing'block willsuccessively contact the edges 23 and .24 instead of the edges 25 and 26as above desc ribed. Obviously, if the draftsnian is skilled or extremeaccuracynot required, use of the spacing block may be om1tted.

Sometimes, as when making unusual characters other than letters, it maybe desirable to reverse the-strip and let the edge 11 become the loweredge of the strip, in which case, the panel 15 being off-set from bothfaces of the marginal portions 14 will still be spaced from the drawingpaper, to prevent blotting. If this reversal be never desired, only therecessed normal lower face is necessary.

1.A stencil having cuts therethrough for forming letters or charactersupon an underlying surface by marking means cooperating with'the cuts,some of the cuts being designed for forming con'iplete letters orcharactegs and others of the cuts being designed as complemental partsfor formin r complete letters or characters, the stencil being providedwith a spacing opening adapted tc receive a spacing block forcontrolling the shifting of the stencil on the underlying surface forpositioning the complemental cuts relative to each other for formingcomplete letters or characters.

2. A stencil having cuts therethrough for forming letters or charactersupon an underlying surface by marking means cooperating with the cuts,some of the cuts being designed for forming complete letters orcharactersand others of the cuts being designed as complemental partsfor forming complete letters or characters, the stencil being providedwith a spacing opening of substantially inverted T-shapeadapted toreceive a spacing block for controlling the shifting of the stencil onthe underlying surface' for positioning the complemental cuts relativeto each other for forming complete letters or characters.

3. A stencil of strip form having a series of cuts therethroughextending longitudinally of the strip and spaced away from the edges ofthe strip for forming letters or characters upon an underlying surfaceby marking means cooperating with the cuts, some of the cuts beingdesigned for forming complete letters or characters and others of thecuts being designed as complemental parts for forming complete lettersor characters, the stencil being provided with a spacing openingappurtenantto the series of cuts and-consisting of two rectangularopenings one of which is arranged transversely of the other and extendsslightly beyond the sides of the other, the openings communicating alonga common side and being adapted to receive a spacing block forcontrolling the shifting of the stencil on the underlying sur- EDWIN c.WOOD.

